সোমবার, ২৩ এপ্রিল, ২০১২

Some people devote their life for the sake of ALLAH through
preaching his approved deen or Islam. Dr. Abu Ameenah Bilal Philips, who is
well known for his knowledge seeking behavior, is not exception to them. He is also
prominent as a teacher, orator, writer, and critical intellectual. He is the
scholar, who sturdily delivered the message of Islamto encourage the people to come under the
umbrella of Islam.

Dr. Abu Ameenah was born in Jamaica on January
7,1952 and brought up in Toronto, Canada, where he embraced Islam in 1972 as he
said, “After about 6 months
of reading and discussion, I had made my decision and embraced Islam in 1972.”Both his parents are
teachers, and one of his grandfathers was a church minister and Bible scholar. The
happiest and serenest moment for Belal came when both of his parents embraced Islam
at their seventies.

After conversion to Islam, Dr. concentrated to his education
life and achieved different degrees including B.A (Islamic principles, 1979), M.A
(Theology, 1985) from Medina
and King Soud University
respectively. Furthermore, he has completed his PhD (Islamic theology) from the
University of Wales in 1994.

Dr. presented some Islamic programs on Saudi Television
Channel especially ‘interviews of converted Muslims’ named ‘Why Islam’ after
successfully completion of his M.A degree and Worked
in the religious department of the Saudi Arabian Air Force headquarters in
Riyadh during the Gulf war (Desert Storm) where he lectured American troops .as
a result over 3,000 soldiers embraced Islam.

He joined in
private school of Riyadh
and taught Islamic studies and Arabic for over ten years. As a lecturer, he
taught Islamic studies in Islamic university of cotobato city, Mindanao, Philippines.

By appearing in
Peace TV, he speaks on different fundamental topics of Islam including Faith,
polygamy, contemporary issue, oneness of God and so on.

He is transcendent for his dedicating life to spread Islam as he did and
still doing now as the founder director of Islamic information center in Dubai,
united Arab emirates since 1994 and also founded Islamic Online
University which has over 6600 students. About the success of information
center ,Belal said, in the first five years, about 1,500 people from America,
Australia, UK, Russia, China, Germany, Philippines, Sri Lanka, India and
Pakistan had converted to Islam at the center.

Currently, he is a lecturer of Arabic and
Islamic Studies at the American
University in Dubai and Ajman University
in Ajman, UAE.

Dr.
has written over 100 scholarly
books and many articles. Some of which are ‘Funeral Rites, The Fundamentals of TAWHEED
(Islamic Monotheism) Purpose of Creation, Tafsir: Surah Buruj, Exorcism in Islam, Evolution of Islamic Law, Islamic Studies,
Hajj and Umrah According to Quran & Sunnah, Islamic Rules on Menstruation, Arabic
Reading & Writing Made Easy, Arabic Grammar Made Easy, The Qu’ran's
Numerical Miracle - Hoax and Heresy, Evolution of Fiqh, Tafseer Surah
al-Hujurat, The Ansar Cult, Salvation Through Repentance. He has also
co-authored Polygamy in Islam.

A
lover of Islam can enjoy the Video lectures ofBelal on You tube, where following lectures are available: Foundation of
Islamic Studies, Contemporary Issues, Oneness of God, In search of Inner Peace,
Struggle of Cultures: Clash of Civilizations , Avoiding the unlawful,
Euthanasia, My Way To Islam, Judgment Day, Empire of Deceit (Series), In the
names of Allah (Series), Increasing Faith in Difficult times, In the light of
Islam (Question and Answer sessions), Understanding Islam and so more on peace TV.

He lives in Doha, Qatar,
with his family where he teaches at the Islamic Studies Academy. He enjoys
playing squash at least three times a week with his wife and sons as a way to
stay fit and stress-free. He teaches his children martial arts and has a black
belt in Karate.

Islam is always superior because it
gives us the peaceful and violent free life where everymen are trying to
present themselves unassumingly to their God, ALLAH. Dr. Philips is always
trying to remind us this message again and again. As he says, “There is no time for holidays”, “when you realize
how little time there is, and how much work has to be done for Islam.” for
further information about his life one can visit His Website: www.BilalPhilips.com

Dr. Yusuf Al-Qaradawi:The most influential Muslim pundit in the modern world

Yusuf Al- Qaradawi was born on September 9, 1926 in an Egyptian Muslim
family. He lost his father at two years old in 1928 and brought up by
his uncle. Though his family pressured him to be sources of income, he
had few concentrations about that, due to fulfill the thirst of
knowledge. He concentrated in reading Quran and memorized it when he was
9 years old boy.

It should be noted that he was very
pious from his childhood which made him a follower of Hasan Al Banna,
the great Muslim scholar in that time. He gathered much knowledge from
his teachers and leaders. Before moved to Qatar to his uncle, he
attended in the Al Azhar university in 1928.

He came back from Qatar in 1940 and
joined at Al Azhar to restart his study. Then he joined the Faculty of
Theology and got the `Aliyya certificate (equivalent to BA degree at
present) in 1952-53. He got also the ‘Ijaza of teaching from the Faculty
of Arabic Language in 1954.

In 1960 he obtained the High Preliminary
Study which is equivalent to MA degree from the department of the
Sciences of Qur’an and Hadith at the Faculty of Theology. In 1973 he got
the PhD. degree with his dissertation about Az-Zakah wa-Atharuha fi
Hall al-Mushkilat al-Ijtima`iyya (Zakah and its Influence in the
Solution of Social Problems.)

Actually in his life he tried to ease
off the Shariah within the obligations in practical life. So in his
early life, he delivered much speech and writings for Islam and against
monarchy and was imprisoned more than three times in 1949 when his book
‘Tyrant and the scholar’ was published.

Al Qaradawi is now one of the most
eminent scholars of Islam. He has been trying to provide practical
solution on current world problem which are in integral part of Muslim
life. These problems cover suicide bombing, terrorism, alcohol,
Homosexuality, conflict between Israel-Lebanon, Israel-Palestine and
other basic Shariah rules and obligations such as Hijab, religious
rights. For his contributions, he is known as moderate Muslim scholar on
religious and social matters.

Moreover, he has been struggling to
depose misconceptions and misinterpretations about Islam and to provide
exact and superior solutions on various issues through his writings and
speeches.

He has published over 100 books dealing
with various aspects of Islamic life, literature and poetry. His best
known books include: The Lawful and the Prohibited in Islam (1960),
Priorities of the Islamic Movement in the Coming Phase (1990).
Approaching the Sunnah: Comprehension & Controversy , Islamic
Awakening Between Rejection and Extremism and Priorities of Islamic
Movement.

Qaradawi served as Dean of the Islamic
Department at the Faculties of Shariah and Education in Qatar, and as a
Chairman of the Islamic Scientific Councils of Algerian Universities and
Institutions. He was also a faculty member at the Michigan-based
Islamic American University (IAU), a subsidiary of the Muslim American
Society. Until at least June 2003 he was Chairman of the IAU Board of
Trustees.

Sheikh Yusuf Al-Qaradawi is the head of
the European Council for Fatwa and Research (ECFR), and the president of
the International Association of Muslim Scholars (IAMS).

He is popular for his ‘Al Jazeera’
program named ‘Ash-Shariah wal hayat (Shariah and life) and for website
“Islam online” that he helped to found in 1997, where he offers opinion
and religious verdicts (Fatwa) and provide possible solutions based on
Quran, Hadith and strong logic. He delivered many speeches in his
interviews given in different media.

He worked as a khatib, teacher, and
writer at Al-Awqaf and Al-Azhar. Many scholars consider him to be a
mujtahid of the Modern Age. He has been active in the field of da`wah
and the Islamic Movement for more than half a century.

Dr. Yusuf is also well-known in
Bangladesh as a moderate Muslim scholar. Many of his books are available
in Bangla language. We should study those books to clarify the concept
of Islam. Finally, it can be said that, we have lots of things to learn
from this great scholar’s life and works.

Dr. Monzer Kahf: The
modern Islamic Economists of the world

In 20th century, some Muslim
scholars devoted their lives and attempted to develop the ideas Islamic
economics and financial systems. Dr. Monzer Kahf is one of them.He is known as an eminent
economist, counselor, lecturer and expert of Islamic Shariah and laws.

He was born on 1940 at Damascus, the capital city of Syria and
completed his primary and secondary education from the educational institute of
Damascus and took a Bachelor degree (B.A in commerce) from the University of
Damascus on June in 1962 .at the same time he was awarded by the president of
Syria for his outstanding performance. In 1967, he achieved ‘High Diploma in
social and economic planning’ from the United Nations institute of planning, Syria.
This scholar attained his Ph.D in Economics (Major currency Development and
Economy) on March 1975 from the University of Utah, Salt lake city, Utah. He has
also Strong training and
knowledge of Islamic Jurisprudence (Fiqh) and Islamic Studies.

Undoubtedly, it can be mentioned that the performances of Dr.Kahf
was satisfactory in different organizations. In his rich working life, he
joined at different organizations including university, research institutions, and
financial institutions and worked splendidly.

Dr.
Monzer was the Instructor of School of Business, University of
Damascus, Syria (1962 – 1963) and worked as the Auditor of Government State Audit Office,
Syria from 1963 to 1971.

After completion his graduation, he taught economics (1971 –
1975) in university of Utah as a teaching assistant. He worked as the Director of Finance in Islamic Society of
North America (1975 – 1981) and the Manager of National Zakah Fund and Islamic Cooperative
Fund for Muslims in North America, (1975- 1981).

He was the Research Economist (1985 – 1999), Head of Research Division (1989
– 1991) and the Senior
Research Economist (1995 – 1999) of Islamic Research and
Training Institute (IRTI) of the Islamic Development Bank (IDB). Jeddah, Saudi
Arabia and showed his stupendous performance in preparing research plans,
evaluating research works, organizing seminars on Islamic economics, banking
and finance, writing original research papers , generating ideas for research
projects ,coordinating with other departments, and networking with other
research organizations .

He joined
in the Yarmouk University, Jordan, as the Professor of Islamic
Economics and Banking in the graduate program and taught Islamic economics for
two years (2004-2005).he is the Certified Public Accountant in Syria since 1968.

Currently, he is working as a Consultant, Trainer and Lecturer of Islamic
banking, finance and economics and hasPrivate
practice at California in USA, which is started in 1999 by him.

He founded The
Indiana state licensed Muslim Students Association’s Credit Union and the
Islamic Housing Cooperative of Indiana in 1980.later, these were the model of such
cooperatives and credit unions in the USA and Canada. He is also the founding
member of ‘International Association of Islamic Economics’ and ‘Association of
Muslim Social Scientists of the United States and Canada’. From 1974 to1999, he
was the member of ‘American Economic Association’.

Dr. Monzer is a consultant of Islamic Housing Cooperative,
Toronto, Canada, and the Islamic Society of North America and mosques in the
United States and Canada, on the matters of ‘initial work procedures’ and
‘Islamic law relating to properties at marriage, inheritance, last wills and
living trusts respectively. He provided the shariah law for Islamic financial
institutions in the USA, Canada, Trinidad, Nigeria and Guyana.

Dr.kahf visited many countries including USA, Canada, and
the countries of the Middle East, Europe, the Caribbean, South East Asia and
Africa for the purpose of lecture in seminar, conference and as a consultant
for financial institutions and delivered his lectures on Islamic Financial laws
and regulations, Islamic economics and banking, Awqaf, Islamic Trusts, Islamic
estate planning, charities in the Islamic Religion (Zakah), Friday Sermons in
mosques and Islamic centers, etc. He is also the Speakerin two programs
of IslamOnline.net: Live Fatwa and Live Dialogue in special sessions on Islamic
banking, finance, Zakah and Awqaf.

Dr.Kahf is the author
of 28 books and
booklets in English and Arabicon Islamic
banking and finance, Islamic economics, Zakah, Awqaf. Some of his books are
translated to Indonesian, Turkish and Korean languages. some of his familiar
books are ‘Instruments of Meeting Budget Deficit in Islamic Economics, The
Islamic Economy: Analytical Study of the Functioning of the Islamic Economic
System, Economics of Zakah, The Islamic Economy: Analytical Study of the
Functioning of the Islamic Economic System, International Economic Relations
From Islamic Perspective, The Islamic Economy: Analytical Study of the
Functioning of the Islamic Economic System and so more.

He has written more than 100 articles, in English and Arabic, on
Islamic economics, Islamic public and private finance, Islamic banking, Zakah,
Awqaf, including entries for the Oxford
Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World.

Dr.Kahf was awarded by Islamic Development Bank (IDB) and
selected for IDB prize for his brilliant contributions in Islamic Economics,
2001

Dr.monzer kahf is a citizen of USA and currently living at
Westminster, California with his wife and children.

Dr. Muhammad Umar Chapra : the pioneer of modern Islamic Economics

After the 15th century, the study of
Islamic economics was absent for a long time. In the mid 20th century,
some economists tried to expose the application of Islamic economics in
both written and practical format. Dr. Muhammad Umar Chapra, born on
February 1, 1933, in Pakistan is one of them. This well-known Islamic
economist started his education at High School under the University of
Sind (1950) in his motherland and stood first in the whole University
among 25,000 students. He achieved his B.
Com. (B.B.A.1954), M. Com. (M.B.A.1956) and Ph. D (Economics, 1961)
degree from University of Karachi and University of Minnesota
respectively.
The writings and speech of Chapra gave the basic Principles of Islamic
economics with the strong theories, model and some clear empirical
evidences. Moreover, He firmly found the shortcomings of modern
economics, criticized it and gave the superior framework of Islamic
economics to apply in the modern economics. Why the value judgment or
religion or ethics is important to achieve the economic goal, he showed
that in his research.
He has lectured widely at a number of universities and professional
institutes in different countries around the world, including the
Harvard Law School, Loughborough University, the Oxford Centre for
Islamic Studies, the London School of Economics, Universidad Autonoma,
Madrid, the University of Malaga, Spain, the House of Commons, London,
and the Islamic University of Rotterdam, and the Asia Pacific and Kyoto
Universities in Tokyo and Kyoto, Japan.
He has participated in a number of meetings of international and
regional organizations like the IMF, IBRD, OPEC, IDB, OIC, and GCC.
By clear away the misconception, Dr. Chapra presented the fundamental
differences between Islamic and modern economics, common characteristic
of Islamic consumer, producer, Islamic application on market, income
distribution, poverty eradication, fiscal and monetary policy, zakat,
bank, insurance, stock market and many other topics of economics.
He spent most of his professional life outside of his homeland in the
U.S.A. (6 years) and 44 years in Saudi Arabia as a researcher, teacher
research adviser. He was the teacher of economics at the University of
Minnesota (1957-60), the University of Wisconsin, Platteville (1960/61),
the University of Wisconsin, Platteville (1963/64), the University of
Kentucky, Lexington, Ky. (1964/65) and Economic Advisor and then Senior
Economic Adviser at the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency, July 1965-
October 1999), Research Advisor at the Islamic Research and Training
Institute of the Islamic Development Bank, Jeddah (November1999).

He
has authored 16 books and monographs and more than 100 papers and book
reviews. Some of his books, monographs and papers have been translated
into a number of languages, including Arabic, Bangla, French,
Indonesian, Japanese, Malay, Persian, Polish, Spanish, Turkish and Urdu.

Some of his famous books and monographs
are, Towards a Just Monetary System (1985), Islam and the Economic
Challenge (1992), The Future of Economics: An Islamic Perspective
(2000), Muslim Civilization: The Causes of Decline and the Need for
Reform (2008), Islam and economic development, Objectives of the Islamic
Economic Order, The Islamic Welfare State and Its Role in the Economy,.
Islam and Economic Development: a Strategy for Development with
Stability in the light of Justice and Islamic teachings, what is Islamic
Economics?, Regulation and Supervision of Islamic Banks, Prohibition of
Interest: Does it Make Sense? , The Future of Economics: An Islamic
Perspective, “Money and Banking in an Islamic Economy, “The Role of the
Stock Exchange in an Islamic Economy and so on.
Dr. Chapra has been awarded with gold medal from different universities
(University of Sind, research and dawah institutions (Islamic Council of
North America (ICNA), King Faisal International Award) and banks
(Islamic Development Bank award) for his contributions to Islam and
Islamic economics.
Dr.chapra is now living in Saudi Arabia with his wife Khairunnisa Jamal
Mundia and four children Maryam, Anas, Sumayyah and Ayman.

He is also well-known in Bangladesh and visited it to participate in an
international conference on economics arranged by Islamic economics
Research Bureau (IERB). His books are also available both in Bangla and
English in our country.
“Islamic economics has effective tools and can solve economic problem of
human life successfully”Dr. Chapra proved it easily, which illustrates
the superiority of Islam. We should study Islamic economics more
carefully to present it as the best solution for humanity.

Dr. Jamal Badawi: One of the most effective Dawah speakers in the modern world

Dr. Jamal Badawi has been one of the most popular Muslim speakers in the
West for the last three decades and has hundreds of lectures and
debates on tapes, as well as books and leaflets on various topics. He is
a well-known author, activist, preacher and speaker on Islam and
Muslims. In his writings and lectures, he has been trying to remove the
misconceptions about Islam and Muslims and present the Islamic solutions
on some important problems and issues related to human life, e.g,
Gender problem, Family life, life of Mohammad (pbuh) and Faith in Islam
and so on.
Dr. Jamal Badawi was born and brought up in Egypt, and it was in Cairo
that Dr. Badawi started his career as a student. He received his
bachelors from Ain Shams University (Cairo, Egypt). He completed his
Post graduation and Ph.D. degrees at Indiana University, Bloomington,
Indiana.
Upon completing his education, Dr. Badawi began working right away and
still is quite active in the Muslim community. Currently, Dr. Badawi is
the director of the Islamic Information Foundation (Halifax, Nova
Scotia, Canada), which is a non-profit foundation seeking to promote
better understanding of Islam by Muslims and non-Muslims.
He is also working in his own field in Business Administration, as a
“Professor Emeritus” of Management at St. Mary University (Halifax, Nova
Scotia, Canada). He is also a cross-appointed faculty member in the
Departments of Religious Studies and Management, at the same University.
Previously, Dr. Badawi has taught a course on Islam at Stanford
University (California, USA) and gave a series of lectures on the Quran
at Oxford University (UK).
Along with all these commitments, Dr. Badawi is a member of the Fiqh
Council of North America, a part of the Islamic Society of North
America, a member of the Consultative Council of North America, and a
member of the Juristic Council of North America, The European Council of
Fatwa and Research and the International Union of Islamic Scholars. He
has been serving as a volunteer Imam of the local Muslim community in
Halifax since 1970.
Dr. Badawi has authored several books and articles on Islam. He is an
excellent orator on various pertinent topics, especially Islam and
Christianity. He is also very active in journalism and broadcasting. He
has researched, designed, and presented a 350 half-hour segment
television series on Islam, which was shown on many TV stations in
Canada, the US, and other countries, as well. Audio and video copies of
this series are widely available throughout the world.
Some of his works are available also on the internet including Gender
Equity in Islam available on www.Soundvision.com and a 352-segment
television series on Islam, Articles on topics such as “Apostasy” and
“Muslim/Non-Muslim Relations” now available [in audio format] under
“Islamic Teachings” at www.Islamonline.net and ( Islam in 176 Hours ) at
www.ReadingIslam.com .
Some titles of his published books are: Selected prayers, Gender Equity
in Islam, Muhammad in the Bible, Status of Women in Islam, Polygamy in
Islamic Law, The Earth and Humanity: An Islamic Perspective, Islam: A
Brief Look, Muslim Woman’s Dress According to the Qur’an and the Sunnah
and Islamic Ethics.
Many of his Lectures and Debates are: Is the Bible the Word of God?, The
Authenticity of the Bible, Treatment of Minorities in Christianity and
Islam, Treatment of Women in Christianity and Islam, The Cross
Salvation, The Divinity of Jesus, Was Jesus Divine? or Was He a Prophet
of God?, God as Viewed in the Bible and the Qur’an, Is Muhammad a
Prophet of God?, The Authenticity of the Qur’an, Can Muslims and
Christians be friends. Debate: The Way to Salvation, Basic Human Rights
as Viewed by Christian and Islam, The Qur’an – Word of God or Muhammad.
One of his writings, he wrote that the Prophet Mohammed did not preach
violence against people of other faiths, Badawi says “a careful reading
of the Qur’an leaves no doubt” that “Islam is a religion of peace and
nonviolence.” He asserts that “when people quote just one Qur’anic
passage, they pull the meaning out of its historical context and out of
the complex system of translation from Arabic to another language.”
In addition to his participation in lectures, seminars and interfaith
dialogues in North America, Dr. Badawi was invited as a guest speaker on
Islam in nearly 30 other countries throughout the world. Dr. Jamal
Badawi is also a Guest Scholar at The American Learning Institute for
Muslims. He has lectured extensively in North America and abroad, and is
an excellent speaker on a variety of topics including Islam &
Christianity. He is an expert in Christian-Muslim Dialogues.
Dr. Badawi is married and a father of 5 children and grandfather of 17.
Some books and lectures of Dr. Badawi are also available in our country
both in English and Bengali language. ”Islamic teaching course” a book
written by Badawi is still now influencing all types of people in our
country. To learn Islam better and know the situation of Muslims across
the world, we must read books and listens to lectures by Dr. Jamal Badawi

Prof. Dr. Tariq Ramadan is a Swiss-born Arab Muslim academic whose
views on Islam reflect a reformist perspective, was born in Switzerland
on the 26th of August 1962. Ramadan is the son of Sayed Ramadan and the
grandchild of the Late Imam Shahid Hasan-ul-Banna, the founder of Muslim
Brotherhood in Egypt and Gamal al-Banna, the liberal Muslim reformer is
his great-uncle. His father was a prominent figure in the Muslim
Brotherhood and was exiled from Egypt to Switzerland, by Gamal Abdul
Nasser.
Professor Tariq Ramadan holds MA in Philosophy and French literature and
PhD in Arabic and Islamic Studies from the University of Geneva. In
Cairo, Egypt he received one-on-one intensive training in classic
Islamic scholarship from Al-Azhar University scholars.
Dr. Ramadan teaches philosophy and Islamic studies and Professor of
Contemporary Islamic Studies at Oxford University. He is also teaching
at the Faculty of Theology at Oxford and at the same time Senior
Research Fellow at Doshisha University (Kyoto, Japan).
He advocates the study and interpretation of Islamic texts, and
emphasizes the heterogeneous nature of Western Muslims He believes that
Muslims in Europe have established a new “European Islam” and emphasizes
the necessity for their contribution to European society.
Ramadan works primarily on Islamic theology and the position of Muslims
in Europe. In general he believes in the need to continue to reinterpret
the Qur’an in order to correctly understand Islamic philosophy. He
claims that there is no conflict between being both a Muslim and a
European; a Muslim must accept the laws of his country, except in rare
circumstances. At the same time, he also strongly believes all Muslims
should give higher authority to the Qur’an then to the secular law.
Through his writings and lectures he has contributed substantially to
the debate on the issues of Muslims in the West and Islamic revival in
the Muslim world. He is active both at the academic and grassroots
levels lecturing extensively throughout the world on social justice and
dialogue between civilizations.
Since
1997, he gives monthly training lectures within “Présence Musulmane” in
Belgium and France. He is very hard working in the European associative
fabric (community) and in Muslim societies. He also takes part as an
expert in various commissions linked to the Brussels Parliament and is a
member of several working parties concerned with Islam in the world and
on the continent: Deutsches Orient Institute, British Council, Vienna
Peace Summit, Barcelona 2004 or the “Laïcité et Islam” commission of the
French educational league.
Tariq Ramadan established the Movement of Swiss Muslims. He has taken
part in interfaith seminars and has sat on a commission of “Islam and
Secularism.” He is widely interviewed and has produced about 100 tapes
which sell tens of thousands of copies each year.
Ramadan is currently President of the European think tank: European
Muslim Network (EMN) in Brussels and an advisor to the EU on religious
issues. In September 2005 he was invited to join a task force by the
Government of the United Kingdom.
The British justin bieber Prospect and the American Foreign Policy
magazines placed him eighth in a list of the world’s top 100
contemporary intellectuals in 2008.
Dr. Tariq Ramadan is the author of several books. Among his books are:
“What I believe, Radical Reform: Islamic Ethics and Liberation, In
the Footsteps of the Prophet: Lessons from the Life of Muhammad, Western
Muslims and the future of Islam, Islam, the West, and the Challenge of
Modernity, To Be a European Muslim, Muslims in secular societies,
responsibilities and rights of Muslim people in Western societies.
Islam, the encounter of civilizations, what project for which modernity?
Islam, The West and The Challenges of Modernity, At the sources of the
Islamic revival, one century of Islamic reform,- Muslims in France,
Between the man and his heart, About Islam, Muslims of the West, to
build and to contribute, – Faith, Path, Resistance, Dar ash-shahada, the
Western world, space of testimony, Jihad, violence, war and peace in
Islam, Muslims in the West and the future of Islam, Muslim in France:
The way towards coexistence, Globalization Muslim Resistances,
In collaboration: some of his discussions are: Can we live with Islam? ,
Questioning Islam, Islamic danger, Tolerance or freedom? – Islam,
Modernism and the West, – Spirituality, a challenge for our society, The
Mediterranean, Boarders and passages, the irrational, threat or
necessity? Non-Violence? Ideal images reality-proof, National
Federation of yoga educators. Between 1991 and 2003: publication of
about 700 contributions or articles: collective books, academic reviews,
magazines, etc.
Ramadan is married and has 4 children.
Dr. Ramadan urges all Muslims to re-study the Holy Qur’an for proper
understanding of Islam. In his life, he had to face so many difficulties
but he removed these by his proper knowledge about Islam. This is the
key of inspirations for us to re-study the Islam.

Shaykh Hamza Yusuf Hanson: An imam for Muslim ummah

Some people born to be a scholar, to be a philanthropist and to clear
away the misconceptions of humanity. Shaykh Hamza Yusuf is not exception
to this. Now I’ll focus on the life of Shaykh Hamza Yusuf .
Imam Shaykh Hamza Yusuf (Changed from Mark Hanson) a converted muslim,
was born on 1960 in Walla Walla, Washington and brought up in Northern
California in a Greek Orthodox family. His family, from both sides, is
Americans with a long history of residing in America. They’ve been in
the US for generations, and can be traced back to Scottish, Greek, and
Northern European blood. His ancestral origins from Minnesota.He
became Muslim in 1977 in Santa Barbara, California when he was only 17
and set off (In 1979) to study Arabic, Islamic jurisprudence,
philosophy, and spiritual psychology with masters in the Muslim world
and studied for ten years in the U. A. E., Saudi Arabia, as well as
North and West Africa. He received teaching on Quranic studies, Shariah,
the science of usool al Fiqh and Tasawwuf.
After ten-years of studies abroad, he returned to the United States and
completed degrees in Health care (nursing) at Imperial Valley College
and religious studies at San Jose State University.
In the early 1990′s he began to teach classes in the San Francisco Bay
Area and in 1996 he established Zaytuna Institute which has achieved an
international reputation for presenting a classical picture of Islam in
the West and which is dedicated to the revival of traditional study
methods and the sciences of Islam. Two years later the institute
acquired a property in Hayward, California, where it is now based.
Institute is committed to inspiring a traditional understanding and
study of the core Islamic sciences. In addition to weekly classes,
week-long and month-long educational programs, and annual conferences
that addresses contemporary issues affecting the American people,
Zaytuna Institute has published four small books and several major
audio-tape sets of Shaykh Hamza’s classes.His
classes on the life of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him)
produced as a 24-audio tape set, has sold well thousands of copies
world-wide. Imam Hamza is the Imam of the Santa Clara Masjed in the Bay
Area. He is a writer, a lecturer, and a teacher of Arabic & Islamic
studies. He lectured at Harvard, Stanford, Brigham Young, Ohio State,
and San Jose State University as well as University of
California-Davis.Shaykh Hamza travels frequently to major North American
and European cities to teach and lecture to both Muslims and non-Muslim
audiences.
After his conversion to islam, he has continuously trying to explore the true and pure islamic views to the people of the world.
He met with U.S president George W Bush aftewr the september 11 attacks,
2001 and Arab league and global leaders at the world economic Forum. He
denounced terrorism while promoting cooperation and education.
Some of his books are: The State We Are In: Identity, Terror, and the
Law of Jihad, Educating your Child in Modern Times, Agenda To Change Our
Condition (Co-authored with Imam Zaid Shakir) and some books
translated with additions are; Purification of the Heart: Signs,
Symptoms and Cures of the Spiritual Diseases of the Heart, Content of
Character, The Creed of Imam al-Tahawi, Submission Faith and beauty in
the religion of islam Books which include his foreword or note are
Instruction of the Student: The Method of Learning, The Prophetic
Invocations By Mostafa Al-Badawi, Some of his papers and journals are,
Zaytuna Seasonal Journal, Caesarean Moon Births, Climbing Mount
Purgatorio. Some of his articles are: Another Mother of the Believers,
GUARDIAN: Face to Faith, Holocaust Denial Undermines Islam, A tree knelt
in praise, Love even those who revile you, Islam has progressive
tradition too and Spring’s gift.
He presently resides in Northern california with his wife Liliana Hanson
and five childeren. His wife received a general degree in Business from
imperial valley college in southern california.
Erudite articles, and books of imam inspired the people to know islam
both in USA and in rest of the world. These writings strengthen the
believes of muslim and attract the non-muslim to embrace islam.